My boys have a vacation from school March 8-17. So to start off their Spring Break, I brought them 4 hours up north to my parents’ place. Isn’t this view of the frozen lake from their living room amazing?!
We left for the lake Thursday and are heading back home this evening. But we’ve had a wonderful time: waffles with whipped cream and berries,…
…trips into town for snacks, sleeping in the bunk bed room, watching movies, and of course outdoor fun! I know many of us in Minnesota are getting tired of the incredible amounts of snow we’ve gotten this year. (I feel sorry for those that don’t own a snow blower.) But my boys and I have loved all the sledding we’ve been able to do. And we we were in heaven at the cabin because the snow banks were high, the temps were super comfortable, and the long steep hill (their driveway in) was perfect!
My brother and his family were also up at the cabin. 4-1/2″ year-old cousin Yvette is always a ton of giggles and fun. And she “worships” her older cousins who adore her greatly.
The project I have to share with you today is the perfect cabin/lake card. I created it with the Best Catch Stamp Set, Catch of the Day Thinlits, and the Country Floral Embossing Folder (a free Sale-a-Bration Level one pick). I didn’t even intend for it to end up this way. I was going to use the floral embossed background to create an all floral card. But then my already colored-in fisherman fell on top of the Mint Macaron section while I was moving things around in my work space, and it looked like he was fly fishing on a misty morning! I added the fish and the “water droplets” above, and the rest of the layers came easily. I really love how it turned out.
Measurements…
Mint Macaron Cardstock:
4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/2″ and folded in half for the card base
Soft Suede Cardstock:
Two pieces that are 4-7/8″ x 3-5/8″
Scrap for punching out 2″ Circle piece
Delightfully Detailed Mint Macaron Note Card Front:
4-3/4″ x 3-1/2″
Whisper White Cardstock:
Scrap for stamping and die-cutting fisherman and fish pieces
4-3/4″ x 3-1/2″
Scrap for punching out 1-3/4″ Circle piece
Products I Used… See below for a full list of supplies linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Directions…
Emboss the Delightfully Detailed Mint Macaron Note Card piece. Then lightly sand it with sandpaper to expose the white core on a few of the raised floral areas.
Stamp the sentiment, then punch it out with the 1-3/4″ Circle Punch so the words are far off to the left. Attach this piece to the Soft Suede 2″ Circle. Then attach this to the embossed layer, and trim off the excess.
Add the Soft Suede 4-7/8″ x 3-5/8″ layers on the front and inside. Add the embossed layer to the front of the card.
Stamp the fly on the 4-3/4″ x 3-1/2″ Whisper White. Stamp the fish and the fisherman onto the Whisper White scraps. Use Blends to color in the images.
Die cut the fisherman and the fish.
Add the 4-3/4″ x 3-1/2″ Whisper White to the inside of the card.
Add the fisherman and the fish (on Dimensionals) to the front of the card.
Embellish with Clear Epoxy Droplets.
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The Classic Garage Suite is a fun one for making masculine cards and gifts. Here is a card we made at our Silver Elite Retreat. It features the Geared Up Garage Stamp Set, the Classic Garage Designer Paper, the Garage Gears Thinlits, the Classic Garage Metal Elements, the Black/Silver Striped Metallic Ribbon, and the Tailored Tag Punch.
Products: See below for a full list of supplies linked to where you can find them in my online store.
I love that there are images in the designer paper that can be cut with the dies. So that’s what I did with this card. The gears all are die-cut from a sheet of the 6×6 paper. In fact, 3 sets of gears AND several smaller gear images can be cut out of this one sheet.
Measurements…
Real Red Cardstock:
11″ x 4-1/4″ scored at 5-1/2″ and folded in half for the card base
Classic Garage Designer Paper:
About 1/3 of the “gears” paper
Basic Black Cardstock:
4″ x 5-1/4″
Scrap for punching Tailored Tag
Whisper White Cardstock:
Scrap for stamping and punchingTailored Tag sentiment piece
Silver Foil Sheet (I used Galvanized Metallic Paper from the 2018 Holiday Catalog, but this is now since retired.):
Scrap for punching Tailored Tag
Black/Silver Striped Metallic Ribbon:
11″
Directions…
Emboss Basic Black Cardstock with Subtles Embossing Folder.
Stamp sentiment. Stamp splotch using ink that has been stamped off a few times. Then punch with Tailored Tag Punch.
Punch this same shape from the Silver Foil scrap and the Basic Black scrap. Cut these each in half. Then layer them behind the sentiment piece using SNAIL Adhesive.
Add a bit more SNAIL to the back, then add the ribbon in a “folded back and forth” pattern. Add a few Dimensionals to the back to hold the ribbon in place. (Do not remove the backings yet.)
Die-cut the gears images. Sponge on Multipurpose Glue to the back sides of the gears, and attach to the Basic Black cardstock and to the inside of the Real Read card base.
Stamp a sentiment for the inside if you wish. I used a Happy Birthday image in another stamp set – Itty Bitty Greetings.
Attach the Basic Black onto the front of the card base using SNAIL.
Remove the backings from the Dimensionals on the Tailed Tag sentiment piece and add to the front of the card.
Then add the metallic wrench or key using a Glue Dot.
Here is another version I made.
And here are all four of our cards that we made at the Silver Elite Retreat. My mom’s card has a Pumpkin Pie card base. And Cheryl’s has a Crushed Curry card base. Too fun!
Now we are each “geared up” with a fun new birthday card!
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It’s been awhile since I’ve shared swap cards I’ve received from the creative people in my Stampers With ART Community. And I feel bad because I got these swap cards two months ago! Ugh… I hope you get some inspiration from these fabulous cards. The cards feature products from the 2018-19 Annual Catalog and/or 2018 Holiday Catalog. And the themes were Sympathy, Masculine or Teen Birthday. The talented demonstrators that made each card are watermarked into each photo.
Products: I can’t possibly list them all for each of these cards, but…see below for a list of main products used in these cards linked to where you can find them in my online store.
These first four cards are Sympathy themed. I love Diana Barber’s use of Wink of Stella AND her masking technique to get the tan oval to “spotlight” the bird.
Our mom/daughter team, Nancy Forsberg and Kayla Cory from Stampingbae combined the Flourishing Phrases stamp set with the Share What You Love suite of products to get this beautiful unique folding card.
Bridge-fold cards are so impressive. Aren’t they? I love this swap card from Robin Walston. The grays with the white Springtime Impressions floral die-cut is so striking & elegant.
Pat Frank really blew us away with how she got this soft floral design on her card. First she embossed on Vellum Cardstock. Then she attached that vellum to the same size piece of Crumb Cake cardstock using Adhesive Sheets. (The card base is Sahara Sand.)
The next 4 cards are Masculine themed. I love the Buffalo Check background image combined with the winter trees, the Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon and the soft blue and lavender hues added to the vellum. Verla Carpenter’s cards always have such fantastic details!
Have you ever stamped ONTO your embossing folders first before embossing your cardstock? That is exactly what Cheryl Lee did with her Nature Sings stamp images and the Woodland Embossing Folder. Such amazing results!
I can’t believe I own this Waterfront stamp set and STILL have not used it! There are so many beautiful cards I’ve seen made with it including Jenny Rehder’s shown here. And doesn’t it look great paired with the painted patterns from the Tranquil Treasures Designer Paper?
Ooo! Vicki Spicer used my favorite sheet from the Wood Textures Designer Paper Stack. What a perfect pairing with the Rooted in Nature tree image!
Broadway Bound is the perfect designer paper pack for teen birthdays. This next card by Lisa Nelson followed the Teen Birthday theme perfectly with the bold colors and the glitz of the Gold Foil Sheets and sequins.
I have a couple other cards to share that were given to me by stampers in my group. This first one Carol Lucas gave to me for my birthday this past August. It’s an amazing fun fold that incorporates lots of products in the Share What You Love suite. She CASEd this card from Linda Bauwin’s original.
And this card was designed by our talented Nora Marin. She sponged the ink onto Whisper White Cardstock to get the ombré effect. THEN she embossed it. So stunning!
I hope you enjoyed what I shared!
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“BETTER THAN FLAT” TUTORIALS
Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D (“better than flat”) projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! Our December projects are ready!! CLICK HERE to find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one will be offered each month.
CLING STAMPS ARE COMING!
Cling stamps will debut in the 2019 Occasions catalog and Sale-A-Bration brochure! Click HERE for more information.
I wanted to share with all of you how to make these Mini Pinwheel Cards, so I put together a few more with the All Is Bright Designer Paper and the Clear & Gold Faceted Gems and then shared the step-by-steps in my Wednesday Facebook Live Broadcast. This was also a good opportunity for me to share with you all the exciting promotions happening now and coming up.
I uploaded the recorded version of this video to my YouTube channel (since I know not everyone is ON Facebook). Be sure to watch the video (you can just click on this image below if you are already on my blog), check out the measurements and full products list below, scroll through the close-up photos of the Mini Pinwheel Cards/Pouches, and then let me know if you have any questions. I think you’ll enjoy what I have to share.
Here are the measurements you’ll need if you plan to recreate the cute Poinsettia Mini Pinwheel Card/Pouch (in the video I share how these can be more like a gift pouches, too). And below and above are close-up photos of most of the ones that I shared in the video.
Measurements…
All Is Bright Designer Series Paper
6” x 6”
Whisper White Cardstock
2-3/4” x 2-3/4”
Real Red Cardstock
Scrap for punching two flower shapes
Shaded Spruce Cardstock
Scrap for punching a flower shape
Gold Mini Sequin Trim
About 5 inches
Products: See below for a full list of supplies linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Here is the one I demonstrated…
These two were shared afterwards. They use the same designer paper and Faceted Gems embellishments.
And this is just one more that I made using the Classic Garage Suite of products.
(Be sure to watch the video for tips & directions.)
Here are the links I mentioned in my video…
CLICK HERE to see the larger Pinwheel Card that I shared on my blog on May 15, 2015. Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Click here to access & view the current catalogs Click here to shop my online store.
If you ARE on Facebook, I invite you to “like” then “follow” my page so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. I broadcast live most every Wednesday morning at 11 AM Central Time. But winter break and Christmas are around the corner. My kids will be home for several days. And family will be visiting. So my next broadcast will be January 2nd (possibly January 9th if we end up going up north to go sledding during New Year’s).
I hope you enjoyed what I had to share today. Thanks for stopping by!
There are many items that are leaving us from the 2018 Holiday Catalog (which ends January 2nd), and some of them are discounted. But hurry, many items are “while supplies last.” CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to access the Year-End Closeout list. And CLICK HERE to shop the Closeout online.
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The 2019 Occasions Catalog debuts January 3rd! That means it’s that time of year to get in on my popular product shares so you can gather up lots of new product for LESS! Sign up today by contacting me with your share choice/s. I’m taking orders for shares now through January 2nd, 2019. CLICK HERE for more information.
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Do you find that you order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product each month? Do you want to get perks for those monthly orders? I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club that will kick off soon, and we are looking for new members. Click here to learn more. Then contact me with your questions &/or to sign up. We are currently looking for more members so we can start another new club. Who is ready?!
“BETTER THAN FLAT” TUTORIALS
Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D (“better than flat”) projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! Our December projects are ready!! CLICK HERE to find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one will be offered each month.
CLING STAMPS ARE COMING!
Cling stamps will debut in the 2019 Occasions catalog and Sale-A-Bration brochure! Click HERE for more information.
On September 22nd I shared a tutorial video for my “DSP-Saver Card.” I hope you saw it. In that video I shared all sorts of projects that were in my presentation at the Creative Connections event on September 16th. There were a TON of projects and thus a TON of photos. I finally had time to edit, watermark and upload them all. Yay!
Click here to see the project photos and video that I posted on September 22nd.
Click here to see the Vertical Stretch fun fold cards that I shared on September 25th.
Then look below to see photos of (and read a couple tips on) the rest of the projects that were in my Creative Connections presentation.
A big thanks to fellow demonstrator, Marciene Ingram who gave me this pretty birthday card below which led to me designing all the other versions above!
The Frosted Floral designer paper is super pretty especially in person because it shimmers. So it just makes sense to make these elegant gift bags with them. Click here for a tutorial on how to make a bag like this.
Here are a couple more cards I put together using 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ squares of the Frosted Floral designer series paper (DSP).
I sponged on and stamped on Shimmer Paint on the Night of Navy cardstock. 🙂
This flower’s petals come from the leaves in the Iridescent Wreaths.
And here is the card that inspired me to make the two above. This one below as a make-n-take at my upline, Susan Campfield demonstrator event.
I didn’t make these next two “joy fold” cards below, but I’m happy I got them as swaps from Carol Lucas. They were fun to share during my Creative Connections presentation.
And these last two cards that I made just show how you can stray from the designer paper in the suite AND the colors from that designer paper in the suite to give the stamp images a whole new look. These products are so versatile!
Sorry I don’t have details for every card/project shown above. But sometimes I just have to flood you with lots of ideas! I hope you didn’t mind.
We celebrated my oldest turning 13 yesterday. (Can you believe it?! He was only 7 when I first started blogging.) My goal was to share my September 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit alternate ideas with you today, but I didn’t finish editing my video yet. I’m crossing my fingers that my projects and video will be up tomorrow though. Please come back to see what I created with the Frights & Delights kit.
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Five super talented Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and I have joined together as the “Stampin’ Anonymous team” to create Fun Fold cards & 3-D (“better than flat”) projects to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members each month! CLICK HERE to find out how you can get your hands on these great tutorials. A new one will be offered each month. October’s tutorials (peeks shown below) are ready!
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Now that these accessories are here, they are staying! They will be rolling into next year’s 2019-20 Annual Catalog. And there’s more coming…Watch for the release of the Craft & Carry Stamparatus bag soon!
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On June 14th I shared a Facebook Live recorded broadcast where I showed three ideas using our mini gable boxes. One of those altered gable box ideas (which I used as my 3-D cruise swap) reminded Fran (one of my viewers) of a tool box. I’m SO glad she mentioned that thought! I of course HAD to make one!
For this tool box, you’ll want to open up the gable box completely so you can stamp everywhere – the inside and outside. Don’t worry about stamping the entire handle areas as they will get trimmed off (and your stamp won’t reach anyway). And the very bottom of the box (where it closes) doesn’t matter much either.
After stamping both sides (and be careful, because the ink takes a little longer to dry on this coated surface than regular cardstock), spritz the gable box all over with Soft Suede ink. Fun but messy!
To spritz, fill a spritzer bottle 2/3 full with rubbing alcohol and add drops of reinker. (I used 10 drops of Soft Suede) Screw the top back on, make sure the cap is also on, and shake it up. Put the stamped gable box inside a large cardboard box to keep the ink contained when spraying. Take the cap off and spritz the ink all over on both sides! Then allow it to dry.
Trim off the top of the handled areas, fold over and tape down the remaining, assemble the box, and add the straw handle. If you watch that video, you’ll see what I’m talking about and see how I did these steps with my other gable box.
Embellish the box with Pick A Pattern Washi Tape. Then add the sentiment piece: Trim a strip of Soft Suede cardstock to just under 3/8″ wide. Stamp the sentiment, mark where you want your brads to go, then insert the ends from the outside into the Classic Label Punch to trim. Super easy, right?!
Pierce holes, then add the brads. Attach the sentiment strip with Mini Dimensionals. Fill the box with shreddie and a gift of some sort.
I think this box would be SUPER adorable with mini tools of some sort! I just didn’t have anything like that here at home when I took the photo. Ooo!! I’ll have to see if there is tool-shaped candy somewhere!
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